8 h. ago Melania Trump reveals talks with PUTIN... leading to eight children being reunited with families in past 24 hours

First lady Melania Trump said Friday she is working with Vladimir Putin to discuss the well-being of the children in Europe torn away from their families during the Ukrainian war.

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8 h. ago Melania Trump says 8 Ukrainian children reunited with families after she talked to Putin

The first lady told reporters she has had an ongoing "open channel of communication" with the Russian hardman for months

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9 h. ago Melania Trump reveals she has been talking to Putin through ‘back’ channels about kidnapped Ukrainian children as 8 are reunited with families

The Slovenian-born First Lady sent Putin a letter in August regarding the fates of Ukrainian children held captive by Moscow

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1 week ago ‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever

When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability Imagine you’re the leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world. You have everything you could want at your disposal: power, influence, money. But, the problem is, your time at the top is fleeting. I’m not talking about the prospect of a coup or a revolution, or even a democratic election: I’m talking about the thing even more certain in life than taxes. I’m talking about death.In early September, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about strategies to stay young. “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality,” Putin said via an interpreter to Xi. “There’s a chance,” he continued, “of also living to 150 [years old].” But is this even possib...

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy accuses allies of ‘wasting time’ as he prepares for Trump meeting

Ukrainian president will urge his US counterpart to impose more sanctions on Russia when they meet next weekEurope live – latest newsVolodymyr Zelenskyy will urge Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Russia when they meet next week at the United Nations in New York, and has called on Ukraine’s allies to “stop wasting time”.Zelenskyy said he expected further sanctions to be imposed if Vladimir Putin refuses to meet him for face-to-face talks or to agree to a ceasefire. “If the war continues and there are no moves towards peace we expect sanctions,” he said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Putin 'stringing us along' in Ukraine peace talks, warns MI6 chief

Sir Richard Moore blasted the 'lying' Russian President, saying he will never end the war while China continues to supply Russia's arms industry.

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Ukraine strategy: talking tough and doing very little isn’t working | Editorial

Last week’s incursion into Polish territory by Russian drones was an ominous escalation. But the US president keeps finding reasons not to actBack in January, with Donald Trump’s campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” still fresh in the memory, there was genuine unease in Moscow over the US president’s intentions. When Mr Trump mused that “high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions” on Russia might be necessary, one high-profile and pro-war Moscow commentator wrote: “It’s better to prepare for the worst. Soon, we’ll look back on Biden’s term with nostalgia, like a thaw.”How wrong can you be? Since then, the US president has repeatedly talked the talk without coming close to walking the walk. In May, when Vladimir Putin rejected a 30-day ceasefire, and peace talks in Turkey went nowhere, a “bone-crushing” US sanctions package failed to materialise. An 8 August deadline for Mr Putin to agree to a ceasefire somehow morphed into a red carpet welcome in Alas...

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4 w. ago Sean Penn says he was ‘conned’ by Putin in first meeting: ‘We talked about fatherhood’

Oscar winner met Russian president for the first time in 2001 at the Moscow Film Festival premiere of his film ‘The Pledge’

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